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Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion, fol. 130

Machine transcription. Not an edition. Errors are expected: about 8% character error rate on Latin and French lines, higher on German. Mean line confidence on this page: 0.79.

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  1. Bhiocoxhical principles
  2. this, 25 Well a5 che Former, is a convin.
  3. cins ProoE oF che Planets beins inhrabited;
  4. For all this beautitul Contrivance is lo,
  5. it there be no Inhabitane in thele Celestiat
  6. Bodies to enjoy the Benetit oF ic. 6. AII
  7. the Planets, deleribe aboue the sun in
  8. onc oEtheir Foci, Elliprick Orbits ot one
  9. Species or another; and ail the Satellits
  10. deleribe about their primary Ptanets in
  11. onc ot their Poci, Elliprick Orbits alto;
  12. and che Planes oF aII the Orbits do vers
  13. nearly coincide with onc another, and
  14. wich che Plane oE che Pcliprick. That
  15. the Planets deseribe Flliptick Orbits about
  16. the sun, there is no manner ot doubt
  17. nou amons astronomers. And tho thes
  18. Cay, thac che Orbits oF the Satellits are
  19. noc exaccls Flliptical, Vec thac is From
  20. necellary Caules, and is not omine to
  21. Chance, bue to the already ectablistid
  22. Lars of che Universe; ver Cill cheir Or.
  23. bits are nearer Ellipses thanany other Geo-
  24. metrical Carves, and mar bc redued to
  25. chele; and thac the Planes oF the Orbits ol
  26. the Planets coincide rith the Plane ofthe
  27. Ecliprick andrichone anothernearlY, 15
  28. matter
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  32. Ot
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Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion, fol. 130. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/797370323:0288?run=74